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Finally arrived and built. The quality of the frame is amazing, finished detail like nothing I've had before. Roll on the maiden voyage tomorrow... 😀
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Nice, very interested to see how this works out if you're using it as an all rounder.
26" front and rear?
Wow, that is a very good looking bike. Looks like a tank.
Enjoy!
You've lined up your valves with different X's in "Maxxis"
Fail.
Sweet ride tho, dude.
I like this a lot
Love these
Nice. Have you practiced changing the geometry yet using the slider thingy?
That is so awesome. Big bike for big riding!
Thanks chaps. It certainly feels stiffer than the Intense it's replaced. According to the spread sheet it's almost identical weight too.
At the moment. Frame will take 27.5 if I decide to go that way. It's my only bike so will, hopefully, be good for everything.26" front and rear?
Give us a chance man, only finished building it last night 😳Have you practiced changing the geometry yet using the slider thingy?
That's such a nice looking bike Stevied 😀
What fork are you running?
Forks are Lyrik RC2DH @ 170mm
Very nice!
Watching this with interest as been looking at building one of these too! Let us know how you get on!
Looks amazing!
you must be dead chuffed with that!
Awesome, this frame is slowly chipping away at my resolve to build an out and out DH bike next year....i'm thinking some bombproof 26 inch wheels, a new set of 'old' Lyriks with the new internals, Saint everything else.....Mmmm, nice.
That said, am i right in thinking there was a German racer at Val di Sole with one of these in the 190mm rear travel setting and some 200mm dual crown Boxxers on the front?!....if so that'd be just splendid....180mm ultra-Enduro/Park bike with the ability to convert to 190/200 with some dual crown forks and go race DH....with either 26 or 27.5 wheels....those Germans are bloody good arent they!?
*edit, just googled 'Liteville 601 downhill' and loads come up in the 190 setting wearing dual crown forks...that throws a very pleasant spanner in the works, how much are they?....
Looks very nice stevied.
I'll post a pic of mine once I've built it.
I've gone for 26" rear and 650B front with the Syntace W40 rims.
From riding the 601s previously in Garda and in Finale, I've found the geometry adjustment to make quite a noticable difference but easy to experiment with on the trail. I ran it in slackest position 90% of the time though and with a 180 fork, so suspect you'll find it climbs well enough without needing to steepen it up.
Those SCS chainguides are almost silent and very effective but the inserts are prone to wear. I got about a year out of mine on the 301 with a double. New inserts are worth buying from German sites when you're placing a bigger order and stick 'em on the shelf for later.
Looks purposeful, and "right".
deviant,
If you want to fit dual crowns, make sure you go for the Mk3.
The change since Mk2 is the incorporation of a strengthening brace internal to the downtube where the stanchions of a dual crown would bump.
Looks awesome love the finish on these.
Enjoy
Richard
Looks awesome love the finish on these.
I was, initially, looking for a raw but glad I got the black. The finish is fantastic.
Hi stevied, what size frame is yours?
Mine's a large, goby
Looks good, better than the nutchopper style frame 😀
The cranks look good as well... 😉
Very nice indeed, that. In a purposeful looking way. On the German front (so to speak) Five Lives best joke of the Edinburgh festival so far....
I've removed all the German numbers from my phone
Its Hans free
I'd be getting a more secure garage door if it was mine
Nice bike btw
Nice - where did you get it from?
I'm on the hunt for a 301 in XL for my winter build.
It's not kept in the garage... 😉
Got mine from DS Bikes in Germany. One of the last Mk2's I could find..
Just me that thinks it looks like the El Guapo's marginally slightly better looking cousin then (not a good thing)? Thought so...
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Trailseeker,
I might yet part with my 301 XL.
Plan is to run the 601 that I'm building and 301 back-to-back for a while and if the 601 doesn't prove to be a hindrance for all-day Lakeland epics etc, then I'll let the 301 go.
email in profile if that's something you'd be interested in.
(Mine's the XL at the back in this pic)
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So how is the bike then steveid? Any good?
Only had 1 ride out so far. Initial thoughts are that it will be very, very good indeed. Need some tweaking with the shock and fork settings but climbed as well as the old VPP Intense. Point it down and it flies..
The shocks need a bit of a play but found that the settings on the Vivid Air make a huge difference to how it behaves.
Can definitely feel the difference in frame stiffness, the rear feels much more planted and the front tracks better.
Weight wise, it's come in at 31lbs so just a tad heavier than the frame it's replaced. Hoping to save a bit of weight with some lighter wheels for 'normal' riding.
Got a couple of weeks to get it dialed in then a day at BTW to give it a full shakedown 🙂